President’s Day in Southern California should see mild temperatures after morning low clouds and fog, while strong northerly winds initially forecast for Monday evening have been reduced.

Forecasters said Sunday to expect weak to moderate northeast to east winds Monday night into Thursday, with gusts of up the 40 mph possible in wind-prone areas such as mountains and valleys. But they’re expected below levels that might trigger advisories, the National Weather Service said.

An increase in winds had been predicted earlier, but “models have dialed the strength in recent days” the NWS’ Los Angeles-Oxnard office said.

The moist marine layer may be strong enough early Monday to push the low clouds and fog into some Inland valleys, the NWS San Diego office said.

Temperatures will remain seasonally warm for the next couple of days, especially inland. . Daytime Monday temperature forecasts include 73 degrees for Los Angeles; 66 for Long Beach; 72 for Anaheim; 64 for Huntington Beach; 77 for Riverside and 78 for San Bernardino.

A low pressure system later in the week may bring a chance of showers next weekend.

A journalist since 1975 for City News Service in Los Angeles, The Associated Press in Los Angeles and New York, and The Press-Enterprise, Richard K. De Atley has been Entertainment Editor and a features writer. He has also reported on trials and breaking news. He is currently a business reporter for The P-E. De Atley is a Cal State Long Beach graduate, a lifelong Southern Californian (except for that time in New York -- which was great!) and has been in Riverside since 1992.

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